Discovering, Creating, Problem-Solving, or All Three?
James Andrews
September 13, 2013
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Hi, my name is James. I was created by James. One day, I will discover something amazing. I will discover a jet pack! It will be AWESOME! You can get anywhere really fast. I programmed it to change into anything! This discovery will be the best ever. Discovering is fun.
Cooperating and Collaborating ...
Caine's Arcade Marble Maze Run
Creativity through Our Collaboration
The Hot Dogs Team Banner
The Hot Dog Movie
The "T" in STEM Stands for Technology ...
The "Hour of Code" Initiative
The Engineering Design Process ...
PROBLEM:
How Do We Build a Catapult?
ASK:
What is Our Challenge?
The Angry Bird Competition is on … Angry Bird and Piggy Friends unite! To retrieve your stolen eggs, Angry Birds, your team will need to build a catapult with only the materials provided to you, as outlined in the following steps of this “Small Group Challenge: Marshmallow Catapults”: Challenge: Each group will design and build a marshmallow catapult using the following materials: 1 meter of masking tape; 2 plastic cups; 4 rubber bands; 2 plastic spoons; 2 paper clips; 15 cm x 15 cm piece of cardboard; large (standard size) and small (mini size) marshmallows to launch. Goal: Launch a marshmallow at least 5 meters (in the air) and not outside of a ½ meter width. What is a Catapult?
James Andrews 4Ab
Discovery Center / Library
Catapult Research
January 2014
A catapult is a wooden arm that has a winch and a wooden body. It works by loading the arm with a cannon ball, then it throws it. It gets its energy by the winch that pulls the arm and springs back when you crank it. I would need a pencil, Popsicle sticks, rubber bands, and plastic spoons, to build my own catapult.
IMAGINE:
What are Some Solutions?
What is the Best Possible Solution?
Why did Our Team Choose This Solution?
James Andrews 4Ba
Discovery Center
Catapult Reflection
February 2014
For our team’s solution we mixed all of our ideas together. It was based on the Mangonel. It was originally my idea but it would not work so we combined mine and everyone else's together and finally it worked.
PLAN:
What is a Diagram / Orthographic Design of Our Prototype?
CREATE:
What does Our Finished Construct Look Like?
IMPROVE:
What works, what doesn't work, and what could work better from Our Testing?
What are We going to do to address the Challenges We Faced with Our Construct?
James Andrews 4Ba
Discovery Center
Catapult Reflection
February 2014
When we tested it we found out that it could shoot. We need to work on the accuracy of the catapult. We need to make it better by getting more tension by twisting the rubber bands. Doing this, we will make sure our catapult it the best it can be!
PRESENTATION:
How do We Catapult Ourselves into Problem Based Learning?
Discovering...
James Andrews
September 13, 2013
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Hi, my name is James. I was created by James. One day, I will discover something amazing. I will discover a jet pack! It will be AWESOME! You can get anywhere really fast. I programmed it to change into anything! This discovery will be the best ever. Discovering is fun.
Cooperating and Collaborating ...
Team Banner
The "T" in STEM Stands for Technology ...
The "Hour of Code" Initiative
The Engineering Design Process ...
PROBLEM:
How Do We Build a Catapult?
ASK:
What is Our Challenge?
The Angry Bird Competition is on … Angry Bird and Piggy Friends unite! To retrieve your stolen eggs, Angry Birds, your team will need to build a catapult with only the materials provided to you, as outlined in the following steps of this “Small Group Challenge: Marshmallow Catapults”:
Challenge: Each group will design and build a marshmallow catapult using the following materials: 1 meter of masking tape; 2 plastic cups; 4 rubber bands; 2 plastic spoons; 2 paper clips; 15 cm x 15 cm piece of cardboard; large (standard size) and small (mini size) marshmallows to launch.
Goal: Launch a marshmallow at least 5 meters (in the air) and not outside of a ½ meter width.
What is a Catapult?
James Andrews 4Ab
Discovery Center / Library
Catapult Research
January 2014
A catapult is a wooden arm that has a winch and a wooden body. It works by loading the arm with a cannon ball, then it throws it. It gets its energy by the winch that pulls the arm and springs back when you crank it. I would need a pencil, Popsicle sticks, rubber bands, and plastic spoons, to build my own catapult.
IMAGINE:
What are Some Solutions?
What is the Best Possible Solution?
Why did Our Team Choose This Solution?
James Andrews 4Ba
Discovery Center
Catapult Reflection
February 2014
For our team’s solution we mixed all of our ideas together. It was based on the Mangonel. It was originally my idea but it would not work so we combined mine and everyone else's together and finally it worked.
PLAN:
What is a Diagram / Orthographic Design of Our Prototype?
CREATE:
What does Our Finished Construct Look Like?
IMPROVE:
What works, what doesn't work, and what could work better from Our Testing?
What are We going to do to address the Challenges We Faced with Our Construct?
James Andrews 4Ba
Discovery Center
Catapult Reflection
February 2014
When we tested it we found out that it could shoot. We need to work on the accuracy of the catapult. We need to make it better by getting more tension by twisting the rubber bands. Doing this, we will make sure our catapult it the best it can be!
PRESENTATION:
How do We Catapult Ourselves into Problem Based Learning?
Competition Day